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TIL that mowing American lawns uses 800 million gallons of gas every year

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xVwO7 TIL that the people employed to clean the tracks in the subway tunnels are actually called Fluffers. Removing dust (fluff) and other debris is essential to maintain the safety of the underground, as it would otherwise create a fire hazard.
X048j TIL the decorative post at the bottom of a set of stairs is called the Newel Post
xYBw TIL: If you’re a man and pee on a pregnancy test and it’s positive, you probably have cancer.
XJ8k TIL that Jodie Foster was so fluent in French that she dubbed her own movies.
kyRE TIL in 1958, the Chinese captured a US Sidewinder missile just four days after it was introduced into combat when it got stuck in a Chinese jet during a dogfight with Taiwan aircraft. It was reverse-engineered into the Soviet AA-2 Atoll (K-13) missile and used against US planes in Vietnam.